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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by varispeed on Friday November 01, 2024 @05:30PM (#42021747)
On extremely heavy workloads the fans do engage on my M1 Max, but I need to get my ear close to the machine to hear them.

Recently my friend bought a laptop with Intel Ultra 9 185h. It roared fans even when opening Word. That was extraordinary and if it was me making the purchase I would have sent it back straight away.

My friend did fiddle a lot with settings, had to update BIOS and eventually the fan situation was somewhat contained, but man I am never going to buy Intel / AMD laptop. You don't know how annoying fan noise is until you get a laptop that is fast and doesn't make any noise. With Intel is like having a drill pointed to your head that can goes off at any moment and let's not mention phantom fan noise, where it gets imprinted in your head that your brain makes you think the fans are on, but they are not.

Apple has achieved something extraordinary. I don't like MacOS, but I am getting used to it. I hope one day this Asahi effort will let us replace it.

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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by jltsiren on Friday November 01, 2024 @06:52PM (#42022348)
When I play Baldur's Gate 3 on my M2 Max, the fans get loud. You need a workload that is both CPU-heavy and GPU-heavy for that. When you are stressing only the CPU or the GPU but not both, the fans stay quiet.
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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by kristianp on Saturday November 02, 2024 @07:36AM (#42025733)
I have an i7 12th gen thinkpad and the fans would often be audible when I first got it with Windows 11. Then I installed linux. Now the fan is only audible when something has gone wrong and a process (usually chrome) is pinning a core.
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